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May 29, 2023
Writing from the Holy Land, writing from the heart – Robert Murray McCheyne TAGS: Archives | Israel | missions | New College Library | Palestine A post from guest curator Amy Plender, PhD student, School of Divinity The theme of this month’s student led display at New College Library is diary writing, particularly diarists writing about their experience of …Continue reading →
Travel writing from the Holy Land : The William Fulton Jackson Collection TAGS: Biblical Studies | Egypt | Israel | Palestine | twentieth-century A post by guest curator Suzi Higton, School of Divinity The books of intrepid travel writers whose adventures span from Jerusalem to Cairo feature throughout the collections at New College Library …Continue reading →
Studying Ancient Galilee – new online resources TAGS: Archaeology | Biblical Studies | Divinity | Jewish | online | Palestine | University of Edinburgh A postgraduate study day on current discoveries in Galilean Archaeology, given by Dr Ken Dark, is being held today (Wed 29th May) in the Baillie Room, New College. The University …Continue reading →
February 1988 TAGS: Israel | Malcolm Rifkind | Palestine | Teviot Row House This month’s issues of Student are the bearers of bad news, from corruption in the SRC, betrayal from the Secretary of State, house fires and bus crashes. Read about the sad state of February 1988 here…
Come Hither: Walter de la Mare and the Young of All Ages
The English writer Walter de la Mare was born 150 years ago this week on...
The History of Access to University
Ash Mowat is one of our volunteers in the Civic Engagement Team. Ash has been...
Bearing Witness: The Pre-Digitisation Conservation Treatment of The Witness, Part 1
This week we have the first instalment of a two-part series by Projects Conservator Mhairi...
Glazy in Love: Rehousing the Emma Gillies Collection
Today we have the first instalment of a two-part series from Collections Care Assistant, Sarah...
